Last year brought many a hip downtown eatery to Spokane, Scout being one of the most notable. In only six months, it has become a mainstay for everything from brunch to late night, despite countless cooks and bartenders passing through the doors of the former Far West Billiards.

Transit officials are lined up behind an electric trolley. Now it's City Hall's turn.

By Heidi Groover

Proponents hope the trolley would encourage more development downtown. But Chris Cargill, of the nonprofit Washington Policy Center, says there’s no clear evidence trolleys bring growth, but it’s clear they’re expensive. Planners say this one will cost about $36 million.

The Spokane Public Market is revitalizing a once-vacant corner of downtown.

By Jordy Byrd

The southeast corner of downtown Spokane is littered with vacant buildings, gas stations and rundown parking lots. It’s not exactly an urban utopia, but give it time. A joint development project by BR3 Development Group and Pacific Bridge is creating what will become “Market.

The couplet rears its ugly head once again.

By Robert Herold

Rumor has it that, a decade after the Lincoln Street Bridge issue was put to rest, our eagerbeaver traffic engineers have been quietly talking about reviving the couplet corridor they would have constructed had the bridge across the lower falls been built.